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splash

[splash]

verb (used with object)

  1. to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter.

    Don't splash her dress!

  2. to fall upon (something) in scattered masses or particles, as a liquid does.

  3. to cause to appear spattered.

  4. to dash (water, mud, etc.) about in scattered masses or particles.

  5. to make (one's way) with splashing.

    He splashed his way across the pool.

  6. Logging.to move (logs) by releasing a body of water from a splash dam.



verb (used without object)

  1. to dash a liquid or semiliquid substance about.

  2. to fall, move, or strike with a splash or splashes.

  3. (of liquid) to dash with force in scattered masses or particles.

noun

  1. the act of splashing.

  2. the sound of splashing.

  3. a quantity of some liquid or semiliquid substance splashed upon or in a thing.

  4. a spot caused by something splashed.

  5. a patch, as of color or light.

  6. Logging.

    1. the act of splashing logs.

    2. water released, as from a splash dam for splashing logs.

  7. a striking show or impression.

    Synonyms: , , ,

verb phrase

  1. splashdown.

splash

/ æʃ /

verb

  1. to scatter (liquid) about in blobs; spatter

  2. to descend or cause to descend upon in blobs

    he splashed his jacket

  3. to make (one's way) by or as if by splashing

    he splashed through the puddle

  4. (tr) to print (a story or photograph) prominently in a newspaper

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an instance or sound of splashing

  2. an amount splashed

  3. a patch created by or as if by splashing

    a splash of colour

  4. informalan extravagant display, usually for effect (esp in the phrase make a splash )

  5. a small amount of soda water, water, etc, added to an alcoholic drink

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • splashingly adverb
  • unsplashed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of splash1

First recorded in 1705–15; perhaps alteration of plash 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of splash1

C18: alteration of plash 1
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Example Sentences

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No, a splash of red wine, insists the neighbor.

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